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SORDID SCARUS. 



Scams Sordidus. S.fusco-ferrvgineus elongatus, pimis obscuri- 



oribus, cauda surgente cequali. 

 Brown-ferruginous Scarus, with darker coloured fins, and 



rising even tail. 

 Scarus sordidus. Forsk. arab. p. 30. 



SHAPE slender : colour brown : dorsal fin of a 

 deeper colour : pectoral fins and tail yellowish : 

 ventral violet : lateral line double and ramified : 

 native of the Arabian seas. 



SCALY-TAILED SCARUS. 



Scarus Harid. S. sqvamis magnis, abdomine violaceo, cauda fur- 



cata, media basi squamosn, 

 Scarus Harid. Forsk. arab. p. 30. 



NATIVE of the Arabian seas : lateral line double, 

 strait, ramified : dorsal, anal, and caudal fin violet- 

 coloured : pectoral fins yellowish. 



TRILOBATE SCARUS. 



Scarus Trilobatus. S. varius, cauda triloba. 

 Variegated Scarus, with trilobate tail. 

 Le Scare trilobe. Cepede. 4. p. 21. 



SLIGHTLY described by Cepede from the drawings 

 and MSS. of Plumier : its principal character seems 

 to be its very distinctly trilobate tail : the upper 



